Understanding Existential Health for Dementia Care (1)

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Synopsis
Understanding Existential Health for Dementia Care is a groundbreaking book that describes how existential health can enrich and expand bio-psycho-social approaches to dementia care, recognizing that well-being extends beyond physical, neurological, and cognitive symptoms. This book equips professionals, clinicians, and caregivers to integrate existential dimensions into person-centered care, emphasizing the role of meaning in life and emotional connection for dealing with illness and suffering.Beginning with an introduction to the concept of existential health, the book connects this to an overall understanding of health related to dementia care. Core themes include the coincidence of suffering and meaning, fear of dementia, challenges to personhood, and multicultural perspectives. The book then provides an overview of how existential health can enhance person-centered care, addressing different types of dementia, neurological changes, emotional factors, and daily life functioning.The final section provides examples of existential support, including tools for meaningful conversations and existential exploration. The last chapter weaves together the book’s thematic threads, highlighting how past experiences contribute to present sense of meaning, identity, and connectedness in people with dementia.It is valuable reading for professionals in dementia care—nurses, psychologists, doctors, and chaplains—as well as for caregivers seeking inspiration and students in medicine, nursing, psychology, theology, and social work.
Copyright:
2025

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
138 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781040352427
Related ISBNs:
9781040352328, 9781032829425, 9781032853468, 9781003517733
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
selection and editorial matter, Lars Johan Danbolt, Tatjana Schnell, Gry Stålsett, Peter la Cour
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Health, Mind and Body, Psychology, Medicine
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Lars Johan Danbolt
Edited by:
Tatjana Schnell
Edited by:
Gry Stålsett
Edited by:
Peter la Cour

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